Rack for disk gramophone records



June 20,` 1933. R. GRANDJEAN RACK FOR DISK GRAMOPHONE RECORDS Filed Dc.. so. 1936 `Patented June A1.933.

uNrrsni-STAT-as A PATENT OFFICE Application med December $.19, Serial No. 505,582, and in France January 4, 1930.

' the tube 8 and takes the position indicated The s1present invention relates to a: rack for di gramophone records 'allowing the instantaneous choice of a record'to be made and allowing it rto comeout of the rack wihout having to manipulate the other recor s.

According'to the present invention, however, the rack com rises two plates held in parallel spaced re ationship by transverse vrods or stays, one of said rods having piv- .otally mounted thereon a Y of Fig. 1,

lurality of record supporting members, eacd) off which is conl stituted by sheets of' stili' paper forjother suitable material, separated by a plurality of independent distance pieces andconnected Atogether b metallic eyelets, the arrangement beingsuc that a record slidden into the supporting memberrests with one lor more polnts of its periphery touching the distance pieces.

The invention will vbe 'further described with reference to an embodiment of construction shown on the accompanying drawing wherein Fi 1 is an'eleva'tion `of. a support accordtola first form of execution.

ig."2 is a section according'to'lme A-B Fig.j3 is 'sition,. s s

Fig. 4 is a view in perspective of the rack the sameisupport in a diii'erent po'- r apparatus,

` Fig. 5 is a view in Aperspective of the `rack apparatus in its upright position,

According to Figs. 1 and 2 the "record vsupportingnumber is constituted by two boards 1 and 2 of cardboard or any other appropriate material having the form of a right-angled triangle. These two boards are connected by means of distance pieces 3, 4 and 5 which are fixed by ,means of metallic eyelets. The record 6 rests on the distance pieces 4 and 5 this latter beingliltietlgral -wiii the nger7 serving' to mani a e recor supporting member. Thisllatter pivots around the tube 8 passing through the eyelet of the distance piece 8. It is "easy to take account that on e record su porting member lbymeanso thenger',

dotted in'Fig. 1.`

The record supporting members 1 constituted as described above are slidden on the tube 8 *(Fig. 4) threaded at its twto extremities and destined to fix the two parallel plates 9 and 10 constituting the body of the apparatus. The rigidity is obtained furthermore by the tubes 11 and 12 formi the stays ofthe apparatus. In order to lb'btain perfect ri idity of these two plates 9 and 10, the edge t ereof is turned up at a right angle. They are furthermore provided with ears 13 serving for the transport of the apparatus which may be either introduced into a bag, box or covered with a case.

It is easy to understand, according to the drawing,` that the record 6 resting on'the distance pieces 4. and 5 can be raised with its.

. support by operating from the bottom to the tog` on the finger 7.

lach finger 7 is adapted to be placed oppositev a graduation of the index 14.- constituted by a rectangular band of'sheet ,iron or other material fixed on the tube 12 and on Awhich isglued a'band of paper bearing the.

title of each record. As the records are very thin and as the fingers 7 are thus brought very near one to the other, they can be displaced one with relation to the other by a certain angle so as to be easily operated. It will then be easy to extract any record desired from the rack by simply raising the record supporting member pivoting around the tube 8.

Figs. 3 and 5 show exactly the same record supporting member and the rack" apparatus but inthe position termed .upright. In this case, the record supporting members 1 pivot rounded is placed as low as possibleA so as to pivots around the rounded angle of the right-angled `ico l triangle to rest durin its rotation on the intenor surface of the. ttom B.

When a record su porting member is made to pivot towards the front, the upper distanceiece 2, whilst assurmg the connection o -thestwo boards of record supporting' member serves as the oint of sugport to the record and prevents t is latter om rolling towards the front. This distance-piece 2 is formed as one with the manipulating inger 5 fixed by means of an eyelet taking t e place of an axis, permitting thus of displacin the fingers one with relation to the other suc as hereinbefore described. This displacement of the manipulating fingers permits the easy operation of each recor supporting member and the assured readin of the numbers of each record corresponding to the index, these numbers being engraved on the c side.

The operation of extracting a record is effected as follows:

The record sup rting member of triangular cardboard is rawn towards the front by means of the manipulating finger 5. The centre O of the upper distance-piece 2 describes an arc of a circle as far as O', the record supporting member pivoting around the rod 4. Duringthe greater part of this ath, the record maintained between the oards of its record supporting member rests on the lower distance-pieces 2. It leaves the rear/ distance piece at the moment when its eripher commences to roll upon the surace or t e bottom B to be vdisplaced slightly towards the front and to come to rest against the angle A of the bottom of the box and the distance-piece 2 of the apex of the triangle. At this moment, the record 3 is no longer held between its three distance pieces and it is easy thus to withdraw it from its record supporting member.

The method of carrying the invention into eect shown in Fig. 13 has the following characteristics:

1. A record supporting member having the form of a ri lit-angled triangle with unded angles, w ich rests on the base o va box containing the records and pivots about the right ang e of the triangle on an axis situated as near as possible to the surface of the bottom of the box and in such a way that the records .placed between the boards rest on two distance pieces. i

' v 2. In thatthe record is introduced into its record supportingemember according to its greatest s1 e, that is to say through the hypotenuse of the right-angled triangle with rounded angles.

3. The rocking of the triangular record supporting member permits the automatic isengagement of therecord which cornesv artially out of the record supporting memr, coming to rest on the front edge of the bottom of the box and the distance piece turned to the front.

In order to'prevent the shaking of the records, the box could be provided on the interior with a band of soft rubber or other material C placed at the rear. The cover will also be provided with a band C1 andI at the time of closing of the box, all the records are ke t between the two elastic bands C and C1. he record supportin member.k described can serve for the classi cation of all other similar articles such as coils and boxes of cinemato phic films, etc. It is known that the classi cation of these articles is very diificult tocarr into effect. Generally spools and boxes y,o round form containing cinamatographic iilms are piled up one vupon the other, which necessitates considerable.

manual work to withdraw the spools or the boxes which are at the lower part of these piles. Racks and record supporti-ng members as hereinbefore described lend themselves very well'to this classifying. It sufces to separatethe two boards of the record supportingmember b means, of more thick distance-pleces in or er to 'permit the passageof the spools or Ethe boxes containing the films which will be thus classified according to an index and'could be withdrawn instantaneously without any other manipulation than that of lowering the record suppprting member such as described. -flt is to well understood that the rack dan Serve for the classifying o any other article and that the form of the upports can be varied p at `"will whilst conse ing the characteristics of the invention.

. without changing at all the principles set vont above.

Finally to prevent all deformations of I the recor s the rack can be provided with an appropriate lockin device.

WhatI claim and esire to secure by Letters. Patent ofthe .United States of America 1s:-

'11A rack-for disk gramophone records comprising two plates held in parallel spaced relationshlp by transverse stays, a plurality of record supporting members pivotally mounted on one of said stays, said vrecord supporting members being each constituted by sheets of stiff material, distance pieces 'se arating said sheets of stiff material upon w ich distance pieces 4the record rests, and metallic eyelets connecting the said sheets of stili' material to said distance pieces.

2. A rack for disk amophone records according to claim 1, w erein the sheets of stiff material' forming the record sup rting members are of triangular form, digtance pieces located at or near the corners of said pieces of triangular material and means whereby the eyelets securin said sheets of stili material to certain o said distance pieces are pivoted upon one of'sald transverse stays.

3. A rack for disk gramophone records comprising two plates held in parallel spaced relationship by transverse stays, a plurallty of record supporting members pivoted upon one of said stays, each of said record sup.-

portin members being formed by two sheets of sti paper of triangular shape, independent distance pieces located near the corners of said pieces of stili paper upon which the 15 record rests, and metallic eyelets passing through the said distance pieces and servin to secure the said sheets of 'sti' materia thereto. K

4Q A rack for disk gramophone records as claimed in claim 3, wherein one of said distance pieces embodies a manipulating finger and a fixed index plate (zo-operates with' the ngers associated with the several record supporting members.

5. A rack for vdisk gramophone records Icomprising two plates heldin parallel spaced relationship by transverse stays, a plurality of record supporting members pivoted on one of said stays, said record supporting members being each constituted by two sheets of stifl' papereach having the shape of a rightangled` triangle with rounded angles, independent distance pieces located near said y rounded angles, eyelets connecting said sheets I- of stiff paper to said distance pieces, a manipulating finger on one of the distance pieces belonging to each of said record supporting members, some of said manipulating fingers being stag ered in relation ,to other of said 40 fingers and an index late 'fixed to one of said spaced plates an located. in reading lrelation to said mani ulating fingers.

6.. A rack for dis gramophone records comprising an open frameconstituted by two lates held in parallel spaced .relationship y transverse rods or stays, a plurality of record supporting members of triangular form threaded upon one of said stays, said record supporting members being each con- 50. stituted by two sheets of stiff paper of rightangled triangular form, 'a plurality of distance pieces positioned one near each corner of sald sheets, metallic eyelets passin through said distance pieces serving to secure the said sheets of stiff paper' thereto, a manipulating fin er secured to one of the dis# tance pieces o each record supporting mem-4 ber and a stationary index secured to said open frame and in reading relation to all of 00 said manipulating fingers.

In witness whereof I afx my signature. :REN GRANDJEAN. 

